Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences(FASS)
Dr. Dunlop Ochieng
Dean of Faculty
about the Faculty
Tracing its origins back in 1992, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) deserves a claim to be Open University of Tanzania’s oldest faculty. The Open University of Tanzania (OUT) is an open and distance learning institution offering certificates, diplomas, degrees and postgraduate courses. The education delivery is attained through various means of communication such as broadcasting, telecasting, information and communication technologies, correspondence, enhanced face-to-face, seminars and contact programmes. It is a vibrant, lively and supporting intellectual community with diverse student body, committed to academic excellence. The University extends learning access beyond the traditional full-time residential student body, hence making it the first of its kind in East Africa.
Departments and Programmes Offered
- Department of Economics and Community Economic Development (ECED)
- Department of Sociology and Social work (SOSW)
- Department of Political Science, Public Administration, History and Philosophy (PSPAHP)
- Department of Languages and Literary Studies (LLS)
- Department of Geography, Tourism and Hospitality Services (GTH)
- Department of Media and Library Studies (MLS)
Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation
Certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation
Certificate in French (CF)
Certificate Programme in Kiswahili for Foreigners (CPKF)
English Proficiency Certificate Programme (EPCP)
- Masters of Science in Economics (MSc. Economics)
- Master of Arts in Monitoring and Evaluation (MA M&E)
- Master of community Economic Development (MCED)
- Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work (PGDSW)
- Master of Arts in Sociology (By Thesis)
- Master of Arts in Gender Studies (MA GS)
- Master of Arts in International Cooperation and Development (MA ICD)
- Masters of Science in Humanitarian Action, Cooperation and Development (MSc HACD)
- Master of Arts in Governance and Leadership (MA GL)
- Master of Arts in History (MA History)
- Master of Arts in Kiswahili (MAKISW) -Hybrid mode
- Master of Arts in Linguistics (MALING)
- Masters of Arts in Literature (MALT)
- PhD’s by Thesis Programmes
- Masters of Tourism Planning and Management (MTPM)
- Masters of Arts in Natural Resource Assessment and Management (MANRAM)
- Master of Arts in Journalism
- Master Arts in Mass Communication
- Master of Arts in Library and Information Management (MLIM)
- Master of Arts in Geography (M.A (Geography by Thesis)
